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Bill Moore Student Success Center

Ground Broken Date: 1992

Date Building Named: January 1993

One of the first ever examples of multi-purpose space which equally serves athletic and academic needs.

The Bill Moore Student Success Center is located behind the West Stands in Bobby Dodd Stadium. The stadium underwent a major renovation completed in the fall of 1992 which included the construction of the Bill Moore Student Success Center, as well as the addition of 32 executive suites and the renovation of the President’s Box and press level. A donation of $5 million from Bill Moore made this construction possible. The Bill Moore Student Success Center replaced the Knowles Building and now forms an attractive entrance into the stadium. The center opened in January 1993 as a unique location to satisfy both athletic and academic needs. Today, the Bill Moore Student Success Center serves both current and prospective students and houses the Offices of Undergraduate Admission, Student Financial Aid, Career Services, and the President's Scholarship Program.

Bill Moore was raised in a small Arkansas town where he spent most of his childhood helping his family make ends meet. His life story depicts true "rags to riches" success story. He came to Georgia Tech in 1934 on a tennis scholarship. While at Tech, he was president of the Bulldog Club, elected to Omicron Delta Kappa, and on the staffs of the Yellow Jacket magazine, the Technique newspaper, and the Blueprint yearbook. After graduation, he worked briefly before joining the Navy during World War II and served two years in the South Pacific as an officer on a destroyer.